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Test Description: Students will review ecological succession.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following are most likely to be pioneer organisms for primary succession?
A
small shrubs
B
fast growing pine trees
C
small grasses and weeds
D
lichens
2) What term refers to a final and stable community?
A
climax
B
colonized
C
culminating
D
pioneer
3) What type of succession occurs on a surface where an ecosystem where no previous ecosystem has existed?
A
primary succession
B
old-field succession
C
soil succession
D
secondary succession
4) What area is most likely to undergo secondary succession?
A
bare patch of rock
B
an rocky area exposed after a glacier recedes
C
area disrupted by a forest fire
D
a newly formed island
5) What type of vegetation would most likely be dominant on a piece of abandoned farm land after 150 years have passed?
A
tall, mature oak trees
B
wildflowers and other weeds
C
short trees and shrubs
D
lichen
6) What term is used to describe the first organisms to colonize an area?
A
pioneer
B
climax
C
predominant
D
successive species
7) Which of the following statements is true?
A
Primary succession must begin with soil formation.
B
Old-field succession is an example of primary succession.
C
Only primary succession involves a gradual change and replacement of types of species within a community.
D
Secondary succession takes longer than primary succession.
8) What word best describes the process of succession?
A
energy production
B
fixation
C
change
D
formation
9) Which of the following is the earliest step of primary succession?
A
Lichen and weathering help to break down rock into soil.
B
An community undergoes a natural or man-made disaster.
C
Leaves and other decaying matter make soil rich in nutrients.
D
Mid-size shrubs and trees block the sun and use water needed by smaller plants.
10) A forest type community was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. What type of succession took place afterwards?
A
old-field succession
B
pioneer succession
C
primary succession
D
secondary succession
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